Dave, Another wild guess may be in the 1933 Los Angeles County marriage record of Joseph Thomas Lopes, the son of Herculeano and Bell Lopes.
The witness is " Billie Sexton" with a L A address. Could be Velma with a stage name. I've tried the city directories to find that person and address without sucess. Eric Edgar On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 9:05 PM, luiznoia . <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > I believe I have good lead, someone not looked at before. > > Belimira Cotta, shown on the 1910 census in Kaweah, Tulare county. This is > in the Sierra east of Visalia. > > Her parents are listed as Joe M and Mary Courter ( That's how Cotta might > sound to an American from a recently arrived Azorean) > > She's born in California ( age shows 2 months) Parents arrived in 1902. > > There is a Massachucetts birth record to match her sister Mary that > confirms the Cotta name > > . > > The only time the name is seen again is the 1923 Portuguese newspaper > marriage article, Belmira Cotto to Manuel Coelho > > In 1930 , Joe M and Mary Cotta are in Tulare township with a grandson, > Edward Coelho, born about 1926. > > In 1940 , a 15 yr old Eddie Coelho turns up in the San Bernardino County > Boys Detention Center. His birthplace is blank, but says he lived in that > county in 1935 > > It seems it could be another Eddie, except that a Joe M Cotta died in San > Bernardino county in 1961, suggesting residency or a visit there. > > If I have the correct Joe and Mary Cotta, then their buried in the Tulare > city cemetery. > > > Eric Edgar > > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
